CANBERRA, Australia -- A powerful earthquake struck Papua New Guinea late Tuesday evening, triggering a tsunami alert for coastal areas up to 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) away. The U.S. Geological ...

Strong tremors were felt around the eastern Indonesian region of Papua, after an earthquake hit the region at around 5:24 pm (0824 GMT) on August 12. According to the United States Geological Survey, ...

(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck near Lae, the second largest city in Papua New Guinea, on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. City police official Mildred Ongige told ...

A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck near Lae, the second-largest city in Papua New Guinea (PNG), rattling the region and drawing international attention on October 7, 2025. This event underscores PNG's ...

(Reuters) -A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck northeast of Angoram, Papua New Guinea, early on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was at a depth of 53 km (32.93 miles ...

The quake hit early on Monday morning in a central region of the country's main island of New Guinea at a depth of 35 kilometres. About a half an hour later a second earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 ...

July 22 (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 106 km (66 miles), GFZ said.

June 23 (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the New Britain region of Papua New Guinea on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 ...